Iowa City resident named one of 25 women to watch in banking

5:45 PM,
Oct. 4, 2012

Written by

Victor Epstein
Des Moines Register

Iowa City resident Susan Evans, the chief operating officer of MidWestOne Financial, has been named one of the "25 Women to Watch" in banking by American Banker magazine.

The 55-year-old started with Iowa City-based MidWestOne in 2001 as a senior vice president of retail banking, when it was still known as Iowa State Bank & Trust Company. She's grown along with the bank holding company, which now has $1.7 billion of assets under management and 26 branches - all in Iowa.

Iowa State Bank & Trust Company had $389,454 of assets prior to her arrival, according to MidWestOne spokesman Nick Pfeiffer. ...